Improved mouse-trap



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To all whom it may concern:

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JOHN N. BUNNELL, UNIONVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 89,551, dated .May 4, 1869.

IMPROVED MOUSE-TRAP.

*Hwa- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent: andmaking part of thelame.

Be a known' that I, JOHN N. BUNNE'LL, Qf Unionville, in the county of Hartford, and State Connecti- -the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whereby a person skilled in the art can make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters in the gures indicate the same parts.

Figure 1 is a front view of an ordinary mouse-trap having my improvement attached.

Figure 2 shows a view of the bottom of the trap.

My invention consists in constructing the body of the txap with twobandsor rims around the outside, above andl below the entrance-holes, for .the purpose hereinafter specified. y

A is a -wooden block forming the body of the trap.

B B, -&c., are the recesses in the body for the bait, and for the animal to enter.. y'

H H, 85o., are the entrance-boles, of which the trap shown in the drawings has four.

S S, 85o., are the springs for drawing up the loops vL to secure the animal when the trap is sprung.

A a is the spindle which holds the bait, and by which the trap is sprung. Y

All the parts above mentioned are constructed in the usual manner, --and perform their usual functions. G and D are two rims, or bands around the outside ofthe body of the trap, one above and one below the entrance-holes H. Y

These bands are formedupon the body of the trap by turning the block A of the proper form, aud leaving them projecting, instead of making the body of the trap cylindrical as' usual.

These bands give strength to those portions of the body 'lying' between the recesses B and the outside of the block, at the points shown at pand q', Iig. 1, and m n, iig. 2.

In the ordinary trap, it is necessary to leave the parts at p and q quite thin, in` order not to have too great thickness of material'around the edges of the apertures-H. This weakens the body at the parts p and q, especially where 'they come on theend grain of the wood, so that it frequently splits out and injures the trap.

By putting the bands C and D around the cylindrical surface of the body, the parts p and q are strengthened and made thicker, as shown at 'in o, g. 2, without increasing the thickness of material around the apertures H, or rendering it more diiicult for the ani-r mal to enter. Ou the contrary, by means of my invention, this part may be made much thinner than ordinary, and allow of free access to the interior of the trap.

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What I claim as my invention, 'and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-` Constructing t-he body of an ordinary mouse-trap, with rings, or bands, around its circumference, substantially as described.

JOHN N. BUNNELL. Witnesses:

GEO. A. PAINE, 12d, Trino.l G. ELLIS. 

